Tool Math-data Management In Vehicle Manufacturing Program

As the vehicle manufacturing program unfolds, it will produce much information, such as contract information, product information, and tool information. With the popularity of CNC technology, many 3D data and 2D drawings will be created when we design and produce the tools. With the development of digital science, the virtual assembly technology has been improved greatly. So manufacturing engineering department can take part in the product development earlier and more across-the-board. The virtual assembly technology needs a large account of standard math-data to support. Clearly, this math-data can play a further role after the tool is produced. So how to manage and use this math-data is a new subject for the project.This paper is based on the vehicle manufacturing program in Shanghai General Motors. The major points are summarized as follows:1) Fix on the request of the vehicle manufacturing program after the research about the other manufacturing enterprise. It made the direction of the research clearly.2) Use the PDM,Teamcenter technology to build the tool math structure for the vehicle manufacturing program.3) Establish the data standard and data management process according with the Shanghai GM status to make sure manages the data conveniently.4) Make the convenient method to find the tools in the database to meet the rapid designing demand and improve the reuse rates of tools.5) The tool development process is optimized to support collaborative working. All-sided management of information, business and users to raise development efficiency and shorten development cycle.